Jay, OK

Jay is a small town of 2,700 in northeastern Oklahoma's Delaware County, sitting where the Ozark foothills meet prairie country about 15 miles from Arkansas. Highway 59 runs north-south through town, connecting to Grove and Kansas, while Highway 20 heads east to Arkansas communities and west toward Tulsa. The town serves as a quiet gateway between Oklahoma's Grand Lake region and the Arkansas Ozarks, positioned along the Illinois River as it flows northeast toward Arkansas.